this broadcast. it's the taliban. their terrorists. their radical islamists. when you start calling our enemies by their name and concentrate instead on language and in them, my guess you'll be on the path to actually winning. neil: so we're kowtowing to these guys. it's not over. welcome. i'm neil cavuto. hackers take note. don't yell fire. threaten the theater. you have corporate america running for the exits. it's not so much sony caved on this stupid movie, but the stupid reason they did. hackers who have our number and i'm sure are having a few good laughs. bill, the joke is on us. they have our number. >> they do. they know how to get to us. they can do it to the government or the bigger commercial sector. they know how to get to us.

they know how to make an impact. neil: that's what's concerning a lot of politicians in and out of power. gingrich, no one should kid themselves. with the sony collapse, america has lost its first cyber war. this is a very, very dangerous precedent. do you think it's that bad? >> i do, neil. this happens to be maybe the north koreans. we don't know that definitively yet. the chinese have been working against us for 20 years now. it wasn't until 2009 that we took note of it and stand up to the cyber command. we have the chinese coming after us. the north koreans. the russians. the iranians. we know they can get into our networks. government, personal, fox could be hit sometime because of something we say on here that they don't like. neil: wait. wait. wait. wait. you said fox could be hit. so all that nasty stuff i've emailed about o'reilly, that's all for the world to see? >> he might do that

himself too. neil: that's true. mutual destruction. >> the fact of the matter is which is big dollars trying to protect us from hackers that can and certainly at some point come after us. neil: this does seem a bit in this dumb movie. where they say, let's say if they play the movie we'll attack theaters. and then they come to find out, it works. it was just a lark, and it worked. >> yeah. absolutely, neil. what's interesting, with all the years the chinese have devoted to coming after us, they're waiting to pull the switch to shut down government, to shut down industries. commercial sector banking, what have you, and create a lot of turmoil in the united states. are we prepared for it? sony isn't prepared. they're probably working overtime to become prepared as are other parts in the commercial sector that wouldn't consider themselves to be targets typically.

neil: very good seeing you again. thank you. former secretary service agent says the us has a real crisis on its hands. these hackers are getting started. probably i would imagine emboldened by what they see. >> i couldn't agree more. these hackers have been in these systems for years. the colonel is right. primarily we can trace all these hacking activities back to four countries. these are countries in the us intelligence agencies have focused their attention on. that being russia, iran, and, of course, north korea. it's ridiculous to think that at least one of these countries and possibly two are not behind what went on at sony. neil: what's interesting, richard, for years they've been successful at hacking banks, financial firms, you name it, but this is where they took it to another level. you offended america enough that we hacked into your most priced

organizations. we scared the you know what out of you. we'll threaten you and pull movies today, god knows what else tomorrow. >> pulling a movie is one thing. you have the acknowledgment of the united states that a third world country -- two weeks we wouldn't have acknowledged anything about kim jong-un or north korea. not only are they not a third world country, they have the technical capabilities to shut down the united states. neil: do they really? or did they find out that 9/11 was really done on the cheap, for 100 grand. a crude, but very, very effective strategy, but this is a cyber version of that. just the threat of saying that theaters would be targeted was enough to get us to completely, you know, run tail. >> absolutely. the threat was certainly enough to get us do turn around run tail. but, you know what, it doesn't take a lot to do

what these guys did. neil: so what do we do? it's one thing, they say have a stiff mind. don't kowtow to them. what do you do? >> that's the proverbial billion dollar question. this is something that will take the coordinated effort of the united states government along with big business to figure out what they'll do here. companies cannot continue to operate under the assumption that nothing will ever happen to them. you can't continue to buy off the shelf anti virus software, most of which is manufactured outside of the united states. neil: oh. it's manufactured in north korea. >> sure. neil: that's a good point. very good point. >> so you're bringing stuff into your system that you may have bought off the shelf. a system that probably came from china or overseas. you don't know what's in that to begin with. neil: i'm thinking of the apple iphones made in china. >> that's a good point. neil: that's very much. meanwhile, sony lawyer david blaming the media

for bolstering hackers. and wants to stop the media from talking about the embarrassing emails. he doesn't have a legal leg to stand on, why not? >> i think the media has an obligation to do this. the media, under the law, is not allowed to participate in the theft of secrets and then punishable them. but there's no question, the media wasn't doing the hacking. the media received the product of the hacking. and i think there's an obligation to take that forward. neil: why is there an obligation to do it if there's nasty emails about angelina jolie? >> those aren't as newsworthy. but racial comments that substantiate whether or not a politician wants to go to a fundraiser and collect money from them who you find out is this, that, and the other. i think the public has the opportunity to learn from this, that really so much of what we think as private is not

private. and it's a wake-up call. i think that's important. neil: an obligation to get the wake-up call. i think boise is saying here, when you have a right to access the information. it's not the pentagon papers. it's not like that. >> so it's not the pentagon papers. we're not talked about the vietnam war. we're talking about something much more significant. if it had not been leaked, do you think we'd know for a moment what all is going on behind it? do you think the us government would have pushed it as far as they have? what about the people who invest in these movies? 46 million or so was the money for this movie. where will the investors get their money back. movie gets pulled. nobody knows why. this is newsworthy. press worthy. i think the investment community needs to know. you need to act for sony. do you think angelina jolie wants to act for sony? neil: i'm sure they have all these emails. not fox. >> not you.

neil: now i'm wondering what becomes of this. it's all out in the open there. now worker bees at sony want to sue sony because they've made them vulnerable and embarrassed. how far does this go? >> i don't think the lawsuit goes very far. you're embarrassed. if somebody had their identity stolen in a way that affected them tragically, those people would have enough to justify it. neil: you're a big name lawyer. you're one of the best lawyers. you get a letter from david boise, he says i don't think it's a good idea -- you fox, ms, whatever the other one is -- they're saying we're thinking of releasing or showing more of these emails. isn't that supposed to be threatening? isn't that you and your firm threatening enough? >> david is a world class lawyer.

he's top-notch. nothing, but respect for him. in this situation, he's using his lawyer name to bully someone outside the scope of the law. neil: has anyone been bullied? >> i don't know of any network -- i think the new york times has tempered some of what they were printing. i know a lot of people are going forward with it. i think they should. we pull the movie down because we're scared of the north koreans and what they may do. and we pull the news out because we're scared of the lawyers and what they may do. at some point someone has to stand up examine up and , we'll do what's right. neil: just because i get a nasty email -- >> i would never write you a nasty email. neil: you would send it to rupert, who would remind me. thank you so much. in the meantime, who says we don't negotiate with terrorists? this guy is free because a lot of people said we just did. ♪ (holiday music is playing)

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neil: stop and swap. first the taliban. now cuba. is america becoming a sort of one-stop shop for prisoner swaps and sending a bad message abroad that us citizens are up for grabs? bob says the president's capitulation of foreign policy is putting a lot of folks in danger. he says obviously that's not the case. bob, what he's trying to do is recognize the failure of what had been 60 years of just nastiness that didn't give us or the cubans anything. what do you say? >> it is a swap. they got three spies. we got an old

nongovernment organization guy. the fact is, this government, mr. obama and his team, have swapped for a deserter in afghanistan, they gave five general officer level taliban who are likely back on the battlefield killing americans there and elsewhere. the president's red lines mean nothing, whether to vladimir putin or to isil. he gave away, you know, a lot of our integrity and our trust in places like libya, in egypt, in yemen, and, of course, his failure to negotiate, you know, effectively with the iranians kicks the ball down the track another seven months on nuclear weapons. and that country threatens not only israel, but us and the west. failed foreign policy means our enemies are looking at our tactics, techniques, and procedures. they're going to school on us. they know exactly how to pull our buttons. they know how to get something out of us.

not good for us or our allies. neil: a lot of terror groups who have, you know, kidnapped folks or gotten hostages, they have been paid. we were the few countries that did not directly pay for that. you're saying, in swap deals, it is negotiating. you're negotiating with bad guys. even if no money has exchanged hands, you're effectively doing the same thing. the white house argues the opposite. >> of course, you have. look at al shall be ab. look at aqap in the arabian peninsula. we sent the seal team to go after a guy in yemen. he was killed and the south african who was near him who was supposed to be released the next day. you know, these are incredibly expensive. we lose credibility when we fail. and at the same time, we're negotiating with these guys all over the

map. you know, you've got to be, i think, nick, or, neil. you have to be tough. you have to do what ronald reagan did. we were hit by a bomb. two americans were killed. seventy-nine wounded. ronald reagan in ten days delivered bombs on colonel gadhafi's home in libya. that sent a clear message. it stopped a lot of bad behavior toward us. we have to be tough. and yet we're getting the reputation we're being incredibly weak. more americans will be taken. and the prices will go up to get them back. neil: i hope you're wrong. i suspect you're right. thank you very much. and, ken, this goes out to you. it will not chris. and jeb, it won't be you. why they're always wrong. all you money guys, keep

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rush? really, what's the rush? some gopro donorsome g.o.p. dony with jeb in, some other people better move fast. will the money dry up? look at the calendar. for the next couple of weeks, it's 2014. isn't the presidential race in 2016. secondly, look at what betting approximat on early hors gets you. betting everything on the table on a guy you think will run the table, is this about consolidating resources or consolidating rinos, i'm getting the feeling that republican money brokers are trying to decide this now and as he thought on a mainstream candidate, forgetting there are many candidates outside the mainstream now. it's silly. that's just me. jeb is almost in. scott walker or anyone else is out. what is this? a going out of business sale?

message to money guys, you didn't get all that money being foolish, guys. save the impulse purchases for the 7-eleven register. get the foot long hot dog. it's 12-14. you're in a rush. right now, close your wallet, and wait. to charlie gasparino who says everything i said is right. we also have the fox biz all-stars veronica dagger. the money extraordinary from fox business. what you're hearing from these donors. you pal around, in that same disingenuous bunch. >> i love them because they're so disingenuous. take it way grain of salt. this could be lying to me. jeb coming out first is essentially to block out

romney. (?) >> okay i don't think he considers christie a viable candidate, but there are some people that will -- neil: who do not -- >> jeb. he'll find christie easier to beat if he runs. i think it's romney to block out romney. he's telling his bunglers, and i reported this the other day that he believes that romney will not run. that's what he's telling the major northeast money man bundlers that do this kind of stuff. whether it happens or not, i can tell you this, jeb comes out with this, you would think that romney would say something if he really was in it, if his heart was in it. we've heard nothing. crickets over the past -- neil: why should he respond? >> well, i don't think romney will run either. i really don't. i think that he's going to be -- he might have an important role in 2016. but back on the money part with jeb bush, i've

gotten a call from a lot of my donors saying what do you think i should do because i want to support candidate a who said he won't have a exploratory committee or run. i'm telling my donors, if you get a call from jeb bush, a legacy last name, a guy that will pull up there anyway to hedge your bets, go ahead and write a little check, but don't put your full force. neil: why write a check at all? >> hedge your bets. neil: bets for what? >> if jeb bush calls you personally and say, can i get your help? neil: are you saying those calls are happening? >> calls are going to him. and, yes, he's making calls. neil: tracy, what do you think? >> we don't know who the whole stage will be for that debate. neil: sixteen podiums. >> how about george?

>> ben carson. john kasich. i mean, there's a lot of people that could come out of anywhere. i would hold out. get off the doughnut stand -- >> george screamed at me for saying he has a snowball's chance in hell. ben carson smart guy. neil: did he scream at you. >> he was pissed that i said a small snowball's chance. >> you'll make enemy. neil: you can say a snowball can briefly had a small chance in hell. just would melt. >> ben carson smart guy, i don't see it. kasich, a possibility. neil: don't do anything. >> but are you going to tell jeb bush no? are you going to tell him no? >> i wouldn't. here's the thing. i would as a journalist. at a fundraiser, i wouldn't. jeb bush is doing something smart. he's coalescing that

establishment money. he's waiting for the thunder from the right. who that thunder will be, is anybody's guess. walker, kasich, anybody else? >> rand paul came on and criticized jeb bush and is like common core. if you want someone for common core, if you want someone that supports -- >> kind of odd that jeb bush is a liberal. oddest thing in the world. >> he's a threat. neil: i want to bring veronica in this. to me, it's way early. these guys know this better than i do. wow, it's way early. and i don't see the danger in holding off writing a check. >> to your point earlier, they have so much money anyway that writing a check, that won't kill them. might as well just hedge their bets. neil: to what end? to be influential for a potential future president? >> future candidate. working for candidates, they remember when they pick up the phone and joe big buck says, sorry, not going to help you. they remember those

guys. neil: that's the gas -- he remembers. what do you think? kidding. kidding. >> i get in trouble. >> isn't it going to force christie to make a move quicker? >> he already did it. when he was did he governor's association meeting where that was his last meeting as the head of it, his people were out already pounding -- going around saying we're running. can we count on you? neil: and he was presupposing bush was in. >> i think he was presupposing. i don't think he will win. neil: who do you think will win? >> jeb has a lot of negatives. i don't think it's the common core stuff. it's the wall street -- >> it's the common core. >> common core will be a big issue. >> in a general election, here's where the problem is. jeb was on the board of barclays. although, he just resigned as i said he

would before the end of the week. on the board of lehman brothers. neil: you're not committing to who you think it will be? >> john kasich. smart guy. will he run? >> rand paul has a lot of people behind him. neil: he's all over the map. >> but a lot of people like him. a lot of people in texas. neil: you think he could surprise people? >> when was the last time the republican party did not elect the establishment choice? >> and he's definitely the establishment choice. neil: who is the establishment choice? >> who is the establishment? >> he's the clear establishment choice. old money throughout wall street. i don't think you can underestimate his donor base. bush name is tremendous. >> i'm saying, i don't know who will win in 2016. i think hillary is -- you see so many people in, they smell blood in the water with her comments. but the republican party always usually elects the establishment. ronald reagan was the

insurgent. they still nominated -- they still nominated -- and he became the establishment. george bush tried to defeat him back then and he couldn't. neil: that's true. seventy-six versus 80. different world. we'll take a quick break. when we come back, be careful to caving to those people who want higher wages. the folks paying

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neil: the court industry groups are now suing los angeles after the city hiked the minimum wage for hotel workers to 15 bucks an hour. chip rogers heads up. one of those groups suing. chip, your argument is what? >> well, it's not even about the wage. it's about the fact that what the city of los angeles council has done, they've taken the authority to enforce this new wage, and they've given that to big labor. because the way is ordinance is written, big labor, full agree --

if you'll come to a collective bargaining with the union, this wage doesn't apply to you. they've taken their authority, has not it to the unions. neil: interesting way to go about it. not just on the amount, the wage, but how they came to that. but obviously, it has hit the industry very, very hard or could. that's a big jump. everyone else rises above that, those who are not paying that. it gets to be quite expensive. do any of your members say, you know what, we might to have pull out, just leave the area? >> well, they haven't said that yet because, frankly, they hope we win. they realize what los angeles has done has gone too far. neil: but that's a huge jump in cost. >> it absolutely is. what makes this downly worse, this only applies to hotels. they apply to it to only hotels.

it's a terrible legislation. we'd love them to go back and undo what they've done. if they don't do that, one remedy. it's court. neil: what if they extended it to all workers, minimum wage workers in the area, would that take some of the oomp away and let unions make contracts for you? >> no doubt the number one issue is giving the authority to the unions. unions are saying, deal with us or pay these extreme wages. any time you're doing a labor agreement, it's a delicate situation. to give them the power, it gets rid of the negotiation. that's the important point. just a matter of basic policy, had any law making body says we'll pick on one industry, that's a terrible idea. neil: thank you very much. think about this, if

chip's hotel group wins, can any company sue if the minimum wage is hiked? we'll definitely see more lawsuits. that's probably an understatement. >> yes, neil. i think it is. this is just going to be the precursor to more and more lawsuits as individual cities target different industries to raise wages to ultimately force an increase in the national minimum wage. and the type of taxes used in this particular case, there's really an extortionist element in this. essentially as chip was saying, if you're not willing to have your workers be part of the union, you're forced to undergo the requirements of this law. look, either do what we want you to do and make your workers join the union or forget about it, we have this nice law that will only apply to you. that's not particularly equal protection under the law, i would argue. therefore, this is not a fair law. i think it may run afoul

of constitutional and labor standards. neil: as you will remind me, we have different wage rates across the country. very low in north dakota. very high in southern california. so business can gravitate to the areas it wants, recognizing full well the cost of doing business in those areas. >> yes. which means ultimately you could lose jobs in a place like los angeles. and remember, this is not just -- neil: that's your ultimate weapon, if you think about it. these cities that want to push it on businesses, businesses' final measure they can say to hell with you and can go. >> exactly. we're not just talking about the people that work for the hotel or for the hotel owners. we're talking about small businesses, suppliers, distributors. their employees who provide services to these hotels. a lot of these may be cut out, if you have to pay for more one sector, the natural thing to do is cut something else

out. perhaps there will be a loss of jobs to a supplier or loss of jobs. when you have thisgeted against one industry and one city backed by a city council which has money donated to it by the unions, to give them more power, it's not good for them. it might benefit the workers in the short-term, ultimately it hurts everyone. neil: if you're going to do it for everyone, it's one thing. targeting one industry, that's wacky. dan, thank you very much. bill de blasio is meeting with protesters tomorrow. he might want to check in with the rest of us first. a lot of us are ticked off at those protesters off at those protesters the most. dad, i know i haven't said this often enough, but thank you. thank you mom for protecting my future. off at those protesters the most. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things,

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neil: well, in new york, they're protesting the protesters. the majority of them

want the protesters to stop blocking roads and bridges. ashley says the protesters are burning bridges with the very people who might actually agree with them. and actually many of them do. but they drew the line in getting home at night and blocking their way home. that was a fatal pr move. right? >> look, neil, you live in the greater new york area. anyone who gets in the way of a commute, come on, you're going to win. i live in the greater dc area, when these protests were happening here, it was a huge inconvenience. while me and many other people agree with them in this decision, look, the eric garner case, a lot of people are on their side, when they're obstructing walkways and they're crowding in the middle of the street, they won't win any support doing that. neil: that's showing up in the polls. even among young people who agree with the protests, and their

angst -- what's rankling a lot of folks is how one sighted it is. it looks lopsided and further angers them. >> there's a distinct difference between the mikmike brown and eric case. they're giving the protesters free reign. they're allowed to obstruct walkways. doorways. even on clo college campuses. and everyone is afraid to tell them no for fear of political correctness reasons. you've seen de blasio come out in support of these protests. that's fine. everyone has the right to exercise their free speech. i stand for that. at the same time, don't inconvenience other people. neil: what struck me.

was right to races with governor christie and blocking george washington bridge. >> how many people were mad at him? neil: everyone was mad. the media appealed it. which was fine. the same standard should be held the inconvenience a lot of folks in this case on a far larger basis. >> i completely agree. you and i actually did the segment when that bridgegate happened. why is the media covering this, but not covering other things going on? it's very one-sightedsided here. no one is coming out and saying, you guys have to stop. stop obstructing people's commutes. you're really just annoying people. you might have support, but you're losing a lot of ground here. honestly, i think the new york police department should be saying something to them, but i bet they're

terrified of saying something. if they're politically correct people, which many of them are, no, hands up. it's ridiculous to me. get out of the street. what point are you proving by doing that? neil: a lot of the police are telling me, they're a little gun-shy, quite literally, but figuratively. they know if they raise a stink, many of them are chanting kill cops, they'll lose their jobs or worse go to jail. >> yes. this is the other thing they fear. people videoing them. all these protesters with their cell phones. if a cop says you need to get out of the street. it's my free speech right. i can see that going viral and another issue with the police department. i think we need to give cops a lot of credit for the work they do. because of this one case, you can't really

just put a blanket statement over all cops saying they're all terrible human beings. they're all choke holding people. they're not. neil: you're free to protest. you don't like the decision. many didn't. i didn't even think it was a good decision. >> you're technically breaking laws. neil: there's that technicality. thank you. here's something that will make you giggle. this guy's stock market, it is now worth less than google.

neil: in tonight's biz blitz, here's how badly the russians are getting blitzed. google is bigger than russia's entire stock

market. bigger than all of russia's stocks combined. go ahead. >> he's not happy. he's blaming us. he has no one to blame, but himself. oil and politics. his sanctions against the uk have cost the country over $40 billion. oil is not coming back any time soon. doesn't ave rabbit to pull out of his hat. this is his own fault. neil: he could have absorbed sanctions particularly out of europe were namby-pamby. now he's losing oil. >> everything is fluctuating. us put sanctions on russia. it's ashame we didn't beef up our military so we can give a threat of our military presence of. the sanctions, if you think about it, it hurts

russia and their economy, germany it affects over economies. neil: that's the tough part. >> that's the tough part. especially for the russian people who have been through so much. they'll be through so much again especially the next two years. we'll see what happens. (?) neil: they're standing by him. fifteen years in the row, man of the year. what are the odds? >> it shows what a one-trick pony their economy is. they're so dependent on oil. they need to diversify. >> but i want to know what they put in the water in russia, neil. you have inflation that's 9.4%. i would hope. that's the only rational explanation. >> they're controlling the press. >> food is going up 25%. they can't even get it. it's not even coming in the country to buy. neil: take that out on putin. >> they can't really do anything. you know, the russian people have to listen to three-hour speeches

where putin gives a comparison of a sleeping bear -- neil: so do we. did mitt romney solve the sony mess? romney: sony fight release of the interfere witof theinterview. fight ebola. veronica, i don't understand what he was getting at here. he was saying fight fire with fire. release it. have a field day with it. maybe take a negative situation. put a positive spin by giving back to ebola causes. interesting pr. i don't know why. this may not hurt them at this point. it's not like north korea will hack into everyone's computer and -- neil: are you surprised how they folded on this? >> i think there's more to what the hackers know than sony's releasing. perhaps a lot more damaging secrets. they're afraid of what the hackers could do to them perhaps.

neil: sony giving them the benefit of the doubt maybe these threats were more serious than they led on to be. >> they have to be. the backlash from not letting the movie come out. oh, you caved. neil: we're forgetting about the emails. >> not only damaging emails, but they threatened violence, you know, to them. i mean, and who would want to -- let's just say they released it and nothing happened. yay. but what if they did and there were casualties. >> it was the least of their problems. it was a dumb movie in the first place. they shouldn't have gone there. neil: romney is right. pay-per-view, online it will do well. >> they need it. they're in dire straits financially. neil: since when is seth rogen involved in politics.

i do wonder now the position that sony is in. and, you know, we always say with any other entertainment company would do the same thing, i suspect given the same dynamics, yeah. >> cyber security, this goes to show, companies need to take it a lot more seriously. we're not prepared, especially the small businesses in this country aren't prepared to deal with the cyber threat. that's where the wars of the future will be held. >> this is going to encourage other people to do other things with other companies. neil: sure. look at how easy it is to do. issue three. old media is taking a cue from new media. boost page hits or get hit with a pink slip. this push to drive traffic could push old school journalism out the door and push more of a buzzfeed approach. >> there's no fact checking. back in the day, your column had to be read by three different editors before it went to print. there was a system.

at the same time, your kids don't bring books from school. everything is online. my daughter is reading on a kindle for school. neil: at least she's reading. >> she fakes it, i think. >> well, you know, someone that writes a column for the sunset, my editor emailed us and said we have to add a tag line so you can put your stuff on social media and make it easier. i think it's the way of the world. things change. stuff happens. neil: in other words, in our business it's ratings. how many hits. what kind of interests are you getting on the part of the readership. >> hits are important -- neil: i hit is when someone clicks on -- >> i don't think you should sacrifice. hits and quality don't go together. look at something like buzzfeed. these fun lists. what are the top ten things my cat did today? you know, that's not journalism. i think you need to call it what it is. neil: it is to the cat. >> it could be. that's more entertainment.

i would hate to see journalism just kind of fall by the wayside because it doesn't get enough hits. there has to be -- neil: that's the nature of the beast. newspapers need readers. >> you want readers, but drivel. >> these people that can't get with it, they need to on go on their computer, hit, click. their own column. >> you need a system of fact checking. can't have people reading scblogz taking it as fact. that's not what ifact. neil: people will come if it's compelling. >> so much competition. the media is fragmented. everyone is trying to find the business model. everyone is trying to make it work and monetize it. it's not so easy anymore. neil: very good point. that is it. can't rely on their looks like me. did tech crews tell me that we'll all lose? >> first, it was russia. then it was iran.

now it's cuba. this announcement today will be remembered as a tragic mistake.

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work. first it was russia, then iran, now it's cuba. this announcement today will be remembered as a tragic mistake. >> a lot of you folks agree. dan tweets i as well as family and friends will be voting for cruz. doug believed to start listening to this guy, ted cruz telling it like it is. cole rights cuba was about ready to economically fall. we have given the castro brothers a life line. jeb says castro 1, america 0. what about doing that for the usa? truth, rights, don't you realize how badly this affects our nation, another open border, not enough jobs as it is, and cathy writes, see what happens when you choose your tie with the lights turned off. neil, you need to go to confession for abominable one you wore yesterday. what was so bad with that one?

you should get out more. sounds like have you no fashion sense. go to facebook.com/team cavuto. whether you have a fashion sense or not, we'd love to hear from you, share some of thoughts tomorrow. thanks for watching, good night. john: what helps people more, government or charity? >> definitely charity. >> definitely. >> charity. >> charity. >> charity. >> charity gave these students hope. >> coming positive role models. john: are some charities gimmicks? >> grow a mustache for movember this year. [ screaming ] . john: you been the als ice bucket challenge? >> i do. john: what does als stand for? so what if some people don't know. charities still create happiness. ♪